Danish
Heavy Metal band Ureas consists of the two vocalists Heidi Johansson and
Per Johansson (Fate, ex-Crystal Knight, ex-Evil and ex-Lavina),
guitarist Søren Hoff (Fate),
bassist Kasper Gram (ex-Evil Masquerade) and drummer Mikael Skou Jørgensen.
Ureas released a 1 track maxi single back in
2003 called “Barrels of Fun” with Bjarne
Holm (Mercyful Fate) on the drums.

“The
Naked Truth” is an album that is hard to categorize, Ureas treat us
with a great mixture of Bombastic Metal, Gothic, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
and there is even an Rammstein inspired song
called “Seven Days Weekend”.

The
Vocals from Heidi and Per are among the best I have heard for a while,
they especially kicks ass on the hard rocking opening track “Intoxicated”,
the ballad “Colour Me Blind” and on
“Spiritually Possessed” a track with some great riffs and a superb
refrain.

Tommy
Hansen (Pretty Maids, Helloween, Beyond Twilight) shows once again his
abilities as one of the top Heavy Metal producers, and has delivered a
raw and powerful production.

There
are three guest musicians on the album: Frederik Hansen is a guest on
guitars on the tracks “My Dearest One” and “Spiritually
Possessed”, Mattias “IA” Eklundh is a guest guitarist on “Colour
Us Blind” and “Seven Days Weekend”, and drummer Bjarne
Holm appears on the Asian bonus track “Barrels of Fun”.

“The
Naked Truth” is one of those albums that just gets better and better,
so check it out.